Friendship is held to be the severest test of character. It is easy, we think, to be loyal to a read more

Friendship is held to be the severest test of character. It is easy, we think, to be loyal to a family and clan, whose blood is in your own veins. Love between a man and a woman is founded on the mating instinct and is not free from desire and self-seeking. But to have a friend and to be true under any and all trials is the mark of a man!

A friendship can weather most things and thrive in thin soil; but it needs a little mulch of letters and read more

A friendship can weather most things and thrive in thin soil; but it needs a little mulch of letters and phone calls and small, silly presents every so often - just to save it from drying out completely.

My mother used to say that there are no strangers, only friends you haven't met yet. She's now in a read more

My mother used to say that there are no strangers, only friends you haven't met yet. She's now in a maximum security twilight home in Australia.

Nothing so fortifies a friendship as a belief on the part of one friend that he is superior to the read more

Nothing so fortifies a friendship as a belief on the part of one friend that he is superior to the other.

A friend is someone you can be alone with and have nothing to do and not be able to think read more

A friend is someone you can be alone with and have nothing to do and not be able to think of anything to say and be comfortable in the silence.

I keep my friends as misers do their treasure, because, of all the things granted us by wisdom, none is read more

I keep my friends as misers do their treasure, because, of all the things granted us by wisdom, none is greater or better than friendship.

Life has no blessing like a prudent friend.

Life has no blessing like a prudent friend.

Let me live in a house by the side of the road and be a friend to man.

Let me live in a house by the side of the road and be a friend to man.

Never shall I forget the time I spent with you. Please continue to be my friend, as you will always read more

Never shall I forget the time I spent with you. Please continue to be my friend, as you will always find me yours.